Megatest

				      ((dboard)    (conc updir progname))
				      ((mtest)     (conc updir progname))
				      ((dashboard) progname)
				      (else exe)))))
			  '("../../" "../")))))
    (if (null? res)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *current-log-port* "Failed to find this executable! Using what can be found on the path")
	  progname)
	(car res))))

(define *common:logpro-exit-code->status-sym-alist*
  '( ( 0 . pass )
     ( 1 . fail )
     ( 2 . warn )

(define (common:get-testsuite-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "area-name") ;; megatest is a flexible tool, testsuite is too limiting a description.
      (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (getenv "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (pathname-file (or (if (string? *toppath* )
			     (pathname-file *toppath*)
			     #f)
			 (common:get-topath #f)))
      "please-set-setup-area-name")) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

;; safe getting of toppath
(define (common:get-toppath areapath)
  (or *toppath*
      (if areapath
	  (begin

  (handle-exceptions exn
                     (begin
                       (if message
                           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* message))
                       #f) (thunk) ))

(define (common:file-exists? path-string #!key (silent #f))
  ;; this avoids stack dumps in the case where 

  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings, eg:  system error while trying to access file: "/nfs/pdx/disks/icf_env_disk001/bjbarcla/gwa/issues/mtdev/randy-slow/reproduce/q...
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (file-exists? path-string))
                             message: (if (not silent)
                                          (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                                          #f)
                             ))

(define (common:directory-exists? path-string)
  ;;;; TODO: catch permission denied exceptions and emit appropriate warnings, eg:  system error while trying to access file: "/nfs/pdx/disks/icf_env_disk001/bjbarcla/gwa/issues/mtdev/randy-slow/reproduce/q...
  (common:false-on-exception (lambda () (directory-exists? path-string))
                             message: (conc "Unable to access path: " path-string)
                             ))

;; does the directory exist and do we have write access?
;;
;;    returns the directory or #f

;; get values from cached info from dropping file in logs dir
;;  e.g. key is host and dtype is normalized-load
;;
(define (common:get-cached-info key dtype #!key (age 10))
  (if *toppath*
      (let* ((fullpath (conc *toppath* "/.sysdata/" key "-" dtype ".log"))
	     (delfile  (lambda ()
			 (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* " removing bad file " fullpath ", exn=" exn)
			 (delete-file* fullpath)
			 #f)))
	(if (and (file-exists? fullpath)
		 (file-read-access? fullpath))
	    (handle-exceptions
		exn

				    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Failed to read mod time on file "
						 fullpath ", using 0, exn=" exn)
				    0)
				  (file-change-time fullpath)))))
	       (if (< real-age age)
		   (handle-exceptions
		       exn
		     (delfile)
		     (let* ((res (with-input-from-file fullpath read)))
		       (if (eof-object? res)
			   (begin
			     (delfile)
			     #f)
			   res)))
		   (begin
		     (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "file " fullpath
				       " is too old (" real-age" seconds) to trust, skipping reading it")
		     #f))))
	    (begin